Karlstor

Karlstor is a building in Saint Gallen, St. Gallen. Karlstor is situated nearby to the prison Kantonales Untersuchungsgefängnis, as well as near the police station Kantonspolizei St.Gallen.

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Abbey of Saint Gall and Abbey Library.

Abbey of Saint Gall

Monastery

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The Abbey of Saint Gall is a dissolved abbey in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot where Saint Gall had erected his hermitage. Abbey of Saint Gall is situated 110 metres west of Karlstor.

Abbey Library

Museum

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The Abbey library of St Gall is a significant medieval monastic library located in St. Gallen, Switzerland. In 1983, the library, as well as the Abbey of St Gall, were designated a World Heritage Site, as "an outstanding example of a large Carolingian monastery and was, since the 8th century until its secularisation in 1805, one of the most important cultural centres in Europe". Abbey Library is situated 210 metres southwest of Karlstor.

St. Gallen Cathedral

Church

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The Stiftskirche St. Gallus und Otmar is a Roman Catholic church in the city of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Once part of the Abbey of St. Gall, it has been the cathedral of the Diocese of St. St. Gallen Cathedral is situated 170 metres west of Karlstor.